Wood joint construction



Sept. v8, 1 936. L. sTlcKLEY l wOOD JOINT CONSTRUCTION Filed Jan. 21, 1955 MM ATTORNEYS TO 71 ,l skull 1 01%@ Patented Sept. 8, 1936 y Unirse` srArss .PATENT orties v 2,053,382 lwoon JOINT CONSTRUCTION Leopold stickley, Fayetteville, N. Y, Application January 21, v1935, Serial No. 2,699

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This invention ,relates to joints betweentwo parts, which are fitted together, and has for'its object a joint. of this character wherein the two parts so tted together are secured against separation without the addition of mechanical instrumentalitiea as keys, mechanical interlocks, etc., but by an initially, liquid binder, which, when it sets or hardens, positively interlocks or wedges the two parts together. More especially, the joint is for woodwork or for joining two wood parts together which may be joined by a pin and socket or by mortise and tenon or by dowel pins Aand the like.

It also is of particular advantage in joining together two parts, as for instance, the rungs and .legs of a piece of furniture or other articles of vthe like nature, where the wood parts are liable to separate or the joints become loose in ordinary use.

VIt alwaysV has been extremely dicult to join the rungs of chairs, etc., to the legs so that they will remain permanently secured indefinitely and without the use of special mechanical locking devices, as keys, etc. i

lThe invention consists in the novel features and in the combinations and constructions hereinafterV set forth and claimed` In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation, partly in section, showing my invention as applied to the rung and leg of a piece of furniture.

Figure 2 is an isometric view of two parts, as two boards, joined by a mortise and tenon joint embodying my invention.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional View of two parts joined together, as a knob or handle and a part, as a drawer, to which the knobis applied.

Figure 4 is a sectional view of a dowel pin pro- Jided with my invention securing two parts together.

This invention comprises, generally, a recess or socket formed in one of the parts to be secured and a projection snugly tting the entrance of the recess or socket with the intermediate part being formed preferably with a shallow wide groove with the inner end portion of the projection formed with a clearance between it and the wall of the recess or Y socket, and an initially liquid binder, which is capable of setting or hardening, between the projection and the wall of the recess or socket, the construction being such that liquid binder, which has been placed in the recess orA grooves, is forced and compressed around the pin and in the groove, filling it but is prevented from passing out by the base portion of the projection which ts with a drive fit the entrance ofthe recess or socket. Thus, when the `binder hardens, it forms an interlock or wedge which holds the joint intact indefinitely. It is preferable to form the groove in the projection rather than in the wall of the recess, as the external groove can be more economically formed in the projection than an internal groove can be formed lin the recess orsocket, and without appreciable extra cost of manufacture over similar conventional joints without the interlocking binding feature, which constitutes the subject matter of this invention.

In Figure 1, L designates the leg of a piece of` furniture, as a chair leg, having a cylindrical socket I therein for receiving the pin or spindle 2 at the end of a rung R. The spindle 2 at itsbase 3 snugly fits with a drive flt the entrance `o1' the cylindrical socket I and the inner end Vportion 4 of the pin loosely lits the socket or recess I, or is formed with a clearance at 5 for the binder. The intermediate portion of the spindle 2 -is formed with a peripheral, circumferential, shallow groove 6 which `communicates along one side with the clearance at 5. 'I designates an initially liquid binder which is capable of setting or hardening.

When the rung is being assembled, with the chair leg, the liquid binder having been placed in the recess or socket I is forced through the clearance 5 and compressed in the groove 6, but is prevented from spewing out of the socket by the snug t between the base portion 3 of the spindle 2 and the wall of the entrance of the socket or recess I, and this causes the liquid or semi-liquid binder to be compressed tightly in the groove, and into the wall o-f the socket or the pores thereof. When the binder sets or hardens, it forms a wedge or interlock which absolutely prevents the working loose of the joint.

In Figure 2, the parts joined together are shown as boards B with matched joints, one being formed with a projection or tenon 8 and the other with a recess or groove 9 for receiving the tenon. The tenon is formed with grooves II) on opposite sides thereof corresponding to the groove 6 in Figure l, and the base portion II of the tenon snugly fits with a drive fit into the entrance I2 of the groove 9. Likewise, a clearstantially the same as the spindle 2 of Figure 1. Y

In Figure 4, two parts are shown as joined together by a. dowel pin l 6, both ends of which are formed as the spindle 2 of Figure 1 and secured in sockets in both parts, the same as the spindle 2 is secured in the socket I in Figure 1.

This joint is particularly advantageous in Woodworking, as it costs no more than the ordinary joint and results inthe permanent securing together of two parts which will not come loose under any normal or abnormal conditions, to which the parts are subjected in the ordinary Yuserto which the articles in which the joint iS incorporated, are subjected.

What I claim isz- 1. In a joint for woodwork, the combination of two wood parts to be secured together, one of said parts being formed with'a recess having smooth side walls and the other with a projection in the recess and placeable in the recess by Amovement of vone part relatively to the other, and an in-V itially liquid, hardenable binder between the Vprojection and the'wall of the recess, the projection being formed with a shallow groove arcuate in cross section in each of the lateral sides thereof, the inner portion of the projection being of less diameter than the other portion and formed to fit with a clearance the wall of the recess to permit the binder to flow from the inner end of the recess over the inner portion of the projection into the groove, the portion of the projection engaging the wall of the recess at the entrance thereof fitting the same with a drive t, all whereby the binder is compressed around the inner end of the projection Vand in the groove and against the smooth side wall of the recess form-V ing a wedging joint.

2,053,382 inner margin of the tenon, so that While the Y 2. In a joint for woodwork, the combination of two wood parts to be joined together, one being formed witha cylindrical smooth bore socket and the other with a cylindrical pin in the socket, and an initially liquid hardenable binder between the pin and the walls of the socket, the pin being provided with a single shallow circumferential groove having its bottom wall arcuate in cross section and the groove being located between the entrance and theV bottom of the socket, and the portion ofthe pin in the entrancerof the socket fitting the Vsocket with a drive t, the portion of the pin between the groove and the'inner end ofthe pin being of less diameter than the portion at the entrance of the socket and tting the socketrwith a clearance to permit the binder t0 now from the inner end of the socket over the inner portion of the pin into the groove, and the groove being of sufcient width to extend from the inner portion of the pin to the portion of the pin in the entrance of the socket, all 'whereby the Ybinder is compressed around the pin and in the recess andrplaceable in the recess by'movement of one part relatively to the other,rand an initially liquid, hardenable binder between the projection and the wall of the recess, the projection being formed with a shallow groove in each of the lateral sides thereof presenting inclined surfaces tothe walls of the recess, the inner portiony of the projection being of'less diameter than the other portion and formed to t with a clearance the wall of the recess to permit the binder to flow from the inner end of the recess over the inner portion of the projection into the groove,"

the portionA of the projection engaging the wall of the recess at the entrance thereof tting the same with a drive t, all whereby the binder is Vcompressed around the inner end of the projectionV and'in the groove and against the smooth side Walls of the recess forming a wedging joint.

LEOPOLD STICKLEY. 

